Kim Simac has a good chance of beating Holperin. She will be a great voice for conservatives in our statehouse. Holperin actually went to Chicago to accept the NEA's Friend of Education Award on behalf of "Fab 14". The national teachers' union said the Senators were "heroes" for running out the state rather than voting against unions.

Is this the new definition of a "hero"? If it is, what a sad commentary on our society!

I was in St. Germain last week and the only signs I saw were for Simac, so I didn't even know who the other person running was. I also saw lots of signs for Gun Rights (very similar to yellow Don't Tread on Me signs, but unmistakably about Gun Rights).

@Dose 8:50amThere are two GOP-held seats that would not be surprising. Kapanke in the La Crosse area is as toast as can be. The dems out there just despise him, so much so that when he ran against Kind for Congress, someone torched the third base dugout where the La Cross Loggers play, because he owns the team. Hopper in Fondy may also be toast, but wouldn't be if he wasn't going through a divorce. The next most likely is Hollperin (sp?), a dem. Other switches would be a surprise.

So I think the (R) guy in Lacrosse might lose and make things interesting. He seems like a nice enough guy, though,...

Dan Kapanke (who I've met a couple times) is one Hell of a nice, hardworking, down to earth, reasonable, service-minded guy who was only a couple percentage points from winning the US Rep seat from Ron Kind last fall. Unfortunately, I think he's now likely (50/50?) to be replaced by someone more interested in carrying union water.

I was in St. Germain last week and the only signs I saw were for Simac

The same was true of my trip to Minocqua last week.

I was also in Minocqua last week. Again, there were Simac (and Gun Rights) signs all up and down US-51.

I'm spending the summer in that area, and Simac appears to have a lot of support -- up here. But district 12 is huge. The locals tell me that the southern (and more populated) region of the district may be more pro-Holperin.

I live in the Fox Valley. No suprise that Hansen won - i think he would have no matter who ran against him. The teachers union in this area, which includes Green Bay, is extremely active, vocal, nasty, arrogant, and willing to tell lots of lies to whomever will listen. Consider us a "Sister Madison"

I spend most of the summer in Vilas County, and concur that there is more visible support for Kim Simac than for Jim Holperin.

Simac and Holperin both marched in the Eagle River July 4th parade. Holperin received a smattering of boos as he passed and no applause. A group of green-shorted supporters marched behind him chanting "Thank you Jim!" in order to drown out any booing.

Simac received loud and prolonged cheers. Andy many of the floats form local businesses carried her campaign signs.

Holperin won by a small margin in an area the went for Walker. He's not going to survive the recall election.

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